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Late Friday afternoon Landmark Medical Center announced that it had laid off 31 employees on Oct. 30, including members of management, administration and patient-care staff.
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By Richard Asinof |
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The 10 highest paid employees in the University of Massachusetts system are on track to receive an average of $452,345 in base pay this year, according to the Boston Business Journal’s DataCenter.
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By PBN Staff
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South County Hospital was the only hospital in Rhode Island to earn a Gold recognition from the American Heart Association as a Fit-Friendly Worksite, the hospital announced Thursday.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island will receive $3.3 million from the U.S. Labor Department as part of $20.7 million in Disability Employment Initiative funding nationwide.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island businesses lack in promoting women leadership within both the private and nonprofit sectors despite strong evidence that shared gender management leads to greater economic stability, according to a report by Vision2020, a national initiative to promote female equality, released Tuesday.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Rhode Island will receive a $330,000 federal grant to help improve the state’s short-time compensation/layoff prevention program known as “WorkShare,” Rhode Island lawmakers announced Wednesday.
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By PBN Staff
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After 17 years with the company, John Wolfe has been named senior vice president and general manager of Cox Communications, Cox announced Thursday.
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By PBN Staff
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The Professional Regulation Unit at the R.I. Department of Labor and Training is holding a free series of educational workshops for contractors in the construction industry starting on Monday.
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By Dana Reilly |
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The R.I. Department of Labor and Training has rehired seven of the 51 unemployment insurance call center employees that it laid off at the end of July.
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By PBN Staff
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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Care New England have signed a letter of intent to reopen their current contract and create a new, five-year “partnership” that repositions reimbursements according to new global payment and quality metrics.
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By Richard Asinof |